SLUG: AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE
Gandhinagar: Speaking through videoconferencing after virtually inaugurating development projects on Thursday, union home minister Amit Shah said that six new hospitals were being set up in his Lok Sabha constituency, Gandhinagar. These hospitals will provide affordable healthcare services to people closer to their homes.
While a 500-bed hospital is coming up in Sanand on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, one govt-run hospital each will be constructed in Kalol town of Gandhinagar and on the border of his constituency, Shah said.
Shah on Thursday virtually inaugurated a newly constructed railway overbridge on Sanand-Kadi Road and also performed the ground-breaking ceremony for two flyovers being constructed on the Sarkhej-Gandhinagar Highway connecting Ahmedabad with the state capital.
Several parts of Ahmedabad district, including Sanand and Bavla talukas, are part of the Gandhinagar LS constituency.
“The central govt has approved a 500-bed hospital in Sanand. Though it was meant only for the factory workers of the surrounding areas, our govt decided to extend its benefit to every citizen living in Sanand and Bavla talukas,” Shah said in his virtual address.
A new civil hospital, coming up on the border of the Gandhinagar constituency, will be as large as the existing civil hospital in Ahmedabad city, he added. In addition, a 300-bed govt hospital was also coming up in Kalol town of Gandhinagar, Shah said.
“Kalol will also get a 500-bed private hospital soon. Moreover, two trust-run hospitals are also coming up in Bavla and Gandhinagar. Once these hospitals become operational, people will not have to go to Ahmedabad, as they will get affordable healthcare within 20 km of their homes,” the union minister said in his address.